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Read more about the article 3D maps shift power over land stories to Indigenous communities
Indigenous participants examine a Projection Augmented Landscape Model (PALM), a 3-D representation of terrain with projected digital information, during Katutubo: Guardians of Ancestral Domains at the Philippine Eagle Center in Davao City, Oct. 30, 2026. The models are designed to help communities visualize ancestral landscapes and integrate Indigenous knowledge into land-use planning and conservation. (DAVAO TODAY Photo/Ian Peter C. Guanzon)

3D maps shift power over land stories to Indigenous communities

DAVAO CITY, Philippines—Maps have long been used to draw boundaries, rename territories and dispossess Indigenous peoples. Researcher Rohan Fisher uses mapping technology for a different purpose: to help Indigenous communities…

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Read more about the article Groups oppose P308B Kingking open-pit mining expansion in Davao de Oro
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Groups oppose P308B Kingking open-pit mining expansion in Davao de Oro

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Advocates and environmental groups oppose the P308 billion Kingking Copper-Gold Project expansion in Pantukan, Davao de Oro, warning of threats to ancestral lands, forests and watersheds. …

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Nothing to celebrate on IPRA’s 15th year, party-list says

By DANILDA L. FUSILERO Davao Today “The IPRA law only served as a tool to legally plunder our ancestral lands. The law, in its present form, cannot provide the realization and attainment of our rights” -- Francesca Tolentino, secretary general of the Katribu Partylist

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